Leif Ove Andsnes – conjuring the festivities from the keyboard. Over to the 2012 Bergen Festival for a performance by Leif Ove Andsnes leading the Mahler Chamber Orchestra from the keyboard in music by Beethoven and Stravinsky. Starting with Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto – followed by Stravsinky’s Apollon Musagète and
We were good at waging war, lousy at waging peace. And it showed. It’s ironic that this episode of the long-running Public Affairs radio program “Town Meeting Tonight” ran on November 14, 1941, entitled “What kind of peace must we have?”, some three weeks before America was dragged into the
Simple Minds -a staple of the 80s. Simple Minds for Lunch today – recorded July 3, 1983 at Nijmegen in The Netherlands and broadcast by VPRO. From their website: New Gold Dream was the fifth studio album by Simple Minds. The album was released in 1982 and was a turning
December 3, 1944 – CBS World News Today – Gordon Skene Sound Collection December 3, 1944 – Even for a Sunday in 1944, this was a busy day on all war fronts. American B-29’s staged raids over Tokyo, targeting the Nakajima Aircraft factory, and by all accounts the raid was
